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Survey of London
… comes from the word formerly current both in this country and in Scandinavia for a stove or heated room. On the other … word was used in the mediaeval period for a fish pond, and there were a number of fish ponds in the "Pike Gardens" … unsuccessful attempt was made to abolish the stews in 1506 and they were finally put down in 1546 when Bankside was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… hamlet of Barrow just over 3 km. east of Much Wenlock and 2.5 km. south-west of Broseley. In the Middle Ages … demesne woods occupied the southern part of that area, and between the 16th and 18th centuries its commons, wastes, and minerals …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the Bristol Channel, by which it is bounded on the south; and comprises a small tract of country, pleasingly diversified, and richly ornamented with woods of luxuriant growth, and … counties both of Wales and England; premiums for apprenticing poor boys; and rewards for humane and …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… FAIR The fair or market held on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24th), was an important possession and source of income of the monastery of St. Bartholomew. In … of the fair as occur in the charters, Letters Patent, &c., and among the records of the corporation of the City of …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… occupied the low-lying land bounded by the river Brue and Cunlease Rhyne, but had access to arable land, small … of Street. It was described as low, fruitful, well-wooded and sufficiently watered in the late 18th century. 1 The … formerly isolated farms to the north at Silver Street and Gosling Street, and the mill by the Brue. Later …
The Environs of London
… The parish of Battersea lies in the hundred of Brixton, and is situated near the river Thames, about three miles from … In the Conqueror's Survey, it is called Patricesy; and has since been written Battrichsey, Battersey, and … to which both he and his lady left farther sums towards apprenticing some of them. A portrait of Sir Walter is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Wandsworth and Clapham, partly in the E., but chiefly in the W., … 2108 a. 2 r. 39 p., whereof 390 acres are common or waste; and the village is pleasantly situated on the southern bank … St. John left 300, directing the interest to be applied in apprenticing boys or girls; and there are several other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) BAYLHAM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, E. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (S. by E.) from … producing 70 per annum; he also bequeathed 5 per annum for apprenticing a poor boy, and there are other charities …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… beholds from the bold promontory on which it stands a wide and fertile valley, smiling beneath the industry of man. He sees churches, villages, and mansions, thickly studded along its wooded banks, and a … and 3 per annum, left by Robert Girling in 1672, for apprenticing poor boys belonging to Beccles to some business. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Baptist) BEDMINSTER ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, and the head of a union, partly in the county of the city of Bristol, and partly in the hundred of Hartcliffe with Bedminster, E. … of 25 was bequeathed by Timothy Nourse, in 1698, for apprenticing children and clothing aged persons; and among …